The rainy, cool weather is finally starting to moderate. Trees are leafing out and some are setting their fruit. Warm temperatures in the last few days have finally coaxed the morel mushrooms out. Receding floodwaters have resulted in a flurry of warbler migration.
Wildflowers - Much of what I saw last week plus...
- Burdock - dig the root of first year plants, peel and saute or roast
- Ostrich Fern fiddleheads
- Sochan - early leaves of cutleaf coneflower - edible
- Spring beauty - their two leaves are edible with a spinach-like flavor
- Dutchman's Breeches
- Ramps
- Virginia bluebells
- Wood anemone
- Hoary puccoon
- White Rattlesnake root
- Trillium
- Sweet Cecily
- Ginseng
- Two leaf miterwort
- Marsh marigolds
- Little leaf buttercup,
- Bellwort
- Trout lily (yellow and white)
- Meadow rue
- Wild geranium
- False Solomon’s seal
- Downy yellow violet
- Showy orchid
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| Showy Orchid - in bloom Image - Betsy Knowles |
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| Showy Orchid -pre-bloom Image-Marge Loch-Wouters |
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| Wood Frog Image - Marge Loch-Wouters |
- Baltimore oriole
- many bees feasting on dandelions and creeping charlie flowers
- wild turkey
- Rose-breasted grosbeak
- American redstart
- Wood frog
- Scarlet tanager
- American redstart
- Palm warbler
- Yellow-rumped warbler
- Tennessee warbler
- Blue-winged warbler
- Cowbird
- Cedar waxwing
- Song sparrow
- Indigo bunting
- Goldfinch
- warbling vireo
- Nashville warbler
- Eastern towhee
- Barred owl
- Chestnut-sided warbler
- Barred owl
- Sandhill cranes
- Egrets
What are YOU noticing on your hikes?
This week's hikes: Trempeleau National Wildlife Refuge (WI), Chippewa River Segment - Ice Age Trail (WI), Carley State Park (MN), Eagle Bluff Environmental Center trails (MN), Fish Farm Mounds Nature Preserve (IA)
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| Trempeleau National Wildlife Refuge Image - Marge Loch-Wouters |
Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope as you hike and spot flora and fauna and watch the weekly changes on the trail, you share in the comments. I love seeing what everyone is finding!
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